Voice of
Garfield Dead at 64(by digitalmediafx.com)Lorenzo Music, the voice behind
Garfield, passed away Saturday at the age of 64, due to lung cancer.
While Music's most famous role was Garfield, he had also voiced
characters in over a dozen TV series including Darkwing Duck,
The Gummi Bears, and PAC-Man.

The family
of Lorenzo Music has requested that any donations in his honor
be sent to:

AI in Swedish
Rating Wars(by digitalmediafx.com) Sweden has slapped AI with
its harshest wide release rating, banning anyone under the age
of 15 from seeing the movie in Sweden. [Spoiler in next sentence].
The Board of Film Censors gave the movie the harsh rating due
to a scene where a mother drives a boy into a forest then abandons
him there. The board felt that the scene could possibly damage
kids.

The decision
is being protested and an appeal is being filed for a lower rating.

Spy Kids:
Special Edition Opens in Theaters(by digitalmediafx.com) Spy Kids: Special Edition opened
in theaters today sporting a marketing campaign touting "never
before seen footage" and new visual effects. The re-release
of Spy Kids will only be playing in about 1,200 theaters.
Meanwhile, Osmosis Jones, which opens this Friday, is set
to be released in over 2,200 theaters.

"One
of the most popular television shows in Britain today features
a nine-inch- tall puppet in a hard hat and overalls. He, and his
show, are named Bob the Builder. Millions of British children
are tuning in to the 10-minute adventures of this friendly construction
worker and his team of fun-loving machines who work together to
complete projects and help one another in times of crisis.
(accomplished by stop motion)..."